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quasilou, you're spouting absolute and utter nonsense...

Your statements are factually incorrect, and display an astonishing ignorance of the facts.

"...MS doesn't have a monopoly."

It has been established as a legal fact that Microsoft has a monopoly on consumer desktop operating systems. This finding was upheld on appeal. It's a done deal. Get over it.

"The crybaby companies..."

Companies cannot be crybabies, because they are not people. Please stop anthropomorphizing. Your response is purely emotional, with no facts to support your position.

"There is NO MONOPOLY IN OPERATING SYSTEMS."

You're playing semantic games. You deliberately left out some words to try and make your argument seem more convincing, but you're factually incorrect.

"Ever hear of Apple? Unix? Linux? Many flavors of which are FREE? How does MS even come CLOSE to having a monopoly in such an environment?"

By controlling 80 to 90 percent of the market. Duh?

"Just because Microsoft has been more successful in establishing a user base with their OS doesn't mean they have a monopoly."

Actually, that's exactly what it does mean. When one company is so "successful" that they are able to eliminate or marginalize all competition, then yes, they do become a monopoly. That's how it works.

Your effort to redefine terminology to match your personal opinion is futile.

"Those who disagree need to look up the meaning of the Latin root mono-"

No, they don't. That's just ridiculous. The latin root of mono hasn't got squat to do with the contemporary legal definition of a monopoly.

You are claiming that the original latin meaning of a prefix from thousands of years ago somehow trumps the current legal definition of the term. That's beyond stupid, it's absurd. It's like saying a pie chart requires a crust.

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